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St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!St. Patrick's Day takes place each year on March 17, the traditional religious feast day of Saint Patrick.Photo Credit: Getty Images

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!This year, St. Patrick's day falls on a Sunday.(Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place in the United States on March 17, 1762. (Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!More than 100 St. Patrick's Day parades are held across the United States with New York City and Boston home to the largest! (Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!There are 34.7 million U.S. residents with Irish ancestry! (Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!Irish is the nation's second most frequently reported ancestry, coming behind German.(Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!Sixteen U.S. places share the name of Ireland's capital, Dublin. Dublin, CA is the largest city in the U.S. named after the Irish town! (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are approximately 144,588 current U.S. residents who were born in Ireland. (Photo by Brian Kersey/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!There are seven places in the United States named after the shamrock; the one closest to Houston is Shamrock, TX! (Photo by Brian Kersey/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!The Irish nickname for Patrick is "Paddy". (Photo by Brian Kersey/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!In Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, people traditionally wear a small bunch of shamrocks on their jackets or caps. (Photo by Brian Kersey/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!It is believed that St. Patrick died on March 17 in 461AD.(Photo by Brian Kersey/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!St. Patrick's Day was first celebrated in America in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1737.Photo Credit: Getty Images

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!Wearing green, eating green food and even drinking green beer, is said to commemorate St Patrick's use of the shamrock. (Photo: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, although he was born in Britain, around 385AD.(Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!Here is an Irish toast: “The Scots have their whisky, the Welsh have their tongue, but the Irish have Paddy, who's second to none!(Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!Believe it or not, the color of St. Patrick was not actually green, but blue! Back in the 19th century, green came to be used as a symbol for Ireland.(Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts!Corned beef and cabbage is a traditional St. Patrick's Day dish.(Photo by Brian Yarvin/Getty Images)